NBA fans had so many jokes about Disney’s alternate Christmas broadcast
This is a growing trend now. We’ve seen it in football and now it’s come to the NBA: alternate broadcasts with cartoon characters playing the sports we love.
Who are these for? Children? Or do they simply exist for adults to make fun of?
It’s unclear, but sports leagues and media companies who have more money than they know what to do with keep signing off on them. We’ve seen the Atlanta Falcons and Jacksonville Jaguars face off as characters from Toy Story. We’ve endured the NHL’s real-time 3D animation. We’ve been given NFL games on Nickelodeon that emphasize slime. We’ve even watched Homer Simpson throw a touchdown for the Dallas Cowboys.
The NBA and Disney leaned into this puzzling yet growing trend on Christmas, providing an alternate broadcast for games on Disney+ that featured – you guessed it – Disney cartoon characters. Mickey swished 3-pointers, Goofy dunked, Donald played superb defense.
It was all very silly, and NBA fans predictably had so many jokes on social media.
I need one of the serious NBA X’s and O’s accounts to do a full film breakdown of this Knicks-Spurs game, but only use the Disney altcast footage with like Goofy and Donald Duck running around.
— Tom Thibadome, Owner of the Thibsdale Thibadome (@Thibadome) December 25, 2024
Donald Duck with the SCREEN NAVIGATION pic.twitter.com/lqFLKRuNwn
— Basketball Poetry (@bballispoetry) December 25, 2024
Not having Xmas day unis anymore really sucks! That was a great feeling walking into the locker room and seeing those. It was literally like receiving a 🎁! Whomp whomp! 🤷🏾♂️
— LeBron James (@KingJames) December 25, 2024
Disney broadcast is so dated. Mickey Mouse just told everyone that the power forward usually focuses on interior scoring and stays closer to the basket.
Mickey wake up it’s not 2010 anymore.— will (@will_nets_hater) December 25, 2024
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